ANST - Merkin
Timothy A. McDaniel
tmcd at crl.com
Fri Feb 20 17:45:29 PST 1998
I shouldn't ... really I shouldn't ...
Valencia <avicenna at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> In my little book of Lost Words, one definition of merkin
> is a "mop for swabbing cannons." How this associates with
> "the other definition" is at best, perplexing.
Simple. One can absorb liquids when a ramrod is being thrust
into a borehole. The other is used with cannons.
Daniel "*THWACK* 'BAD DANIEL!'" de Lincolia
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